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Yaiza

Yaiza is a village on the island of . It's the admin centre for the southern part of the island, but the main visitor attraction is that it's an access point for Timanfaya National Park, the only UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserve dedicated entirely to geology.
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  • Type: Village with 1,270 residents
  • Description: capital town of the municipality of Yaiza, Spain
  • Postal codes: 35570, 35571, and 35580

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montaña de la Cinta and Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.

Peak
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Church
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Work of art
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a work of art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uga and La Degollada.

Village
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY 3.0.
is a small wine-producing village in municipality in the province of Las Palmas, southern , off the coast of . As of 2016 its population is 998, and nearby cities include , , and .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Yaiza

Latitude
28.9529° or 28° 57′ 10″ north
Longitude
-13.7642° or 13° 45′ 51″ west
Population
1,270
Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ES YZA
Open location code
7CW8X63P+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258765980
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2509408
Wiki­data ID
Q2264368
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yaiza” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yaiza (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Yaiza”
  • Dutch: “Yaiza”
  • French: “Yaiza”
  • German: “Yaiza”
  • Irish: “Yaiza”
  • Italian: “Yaiza”
  • Japanese: “ジャイサ”
  • Japanese: “ヤイサ”
  • Portuguese: “Yaiza”
  • Russian: “Яиса”
  • Russian: “Яйса”
  • Slovenian: “Yaiza”
  • Spanish: “Yaiza (localidad)”
  • Spanish: “Yaiza”
  • Swedish: “Yaiza (kommunhuvudort)”
  • Swedish: “Yaiza”
  • “Yaiza”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Yaiza”. Photo: Yummifruitbat, CC BY-SA 2.5.